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History of the NCAA:
History
Over 70 years ago in 1938, the NCAA officially recognized men's gymnastics as a national championship sport (one of five at the time) - even before basketball which followed a year later. The sport was not widely popular at that time in either participation or spectatorship. During the war years (1943-1947), no gymnastics meets were held.
However, television coverage of the Olympics in the 1960's increased its visibility nationwide and the sport's popularity soared. By 1965, the sport became so popular that the NCAA had to limit participants and conducted qualifying meets throughout the country.
Men's programs were flourishing by 1968. There were over 230 colleges sponsoring men's gymnastics programs. To accommodate the number of participating schools, the College Division Championship, which later became known as the Division II Championship, was introduced.
Just when the sport had built a devoted fan base, Title IX (the federal law that prohibits discrimination) was enacted in 1972. Then several years later, the Office of Civil Rights produced the 1979 Title IX Policy Interpretation to clarify the law which included a rigid affirmative action quota system to enforce it. Due to this proportionality approach, 169 men's programs were dropped by their respective universities by 1985 and only 61 programs survived. The Division II Championship was discontinued.
Today, 17 NCAA men's programs remain and teams compete in a single championship meet - the National Collegiate Men's Gymnastics Championships. The 2010 championship was held on April 16 and 17 at the Holleder Center on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York.
NCAA Team Champions
| Year |
Champion |
Coach |
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| 1938 |
Chicago |
Dan Hoffer |
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| 1939 |
Illinois |
Hartley Price |
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| 1940 |
Illinois |
Hartley Price |
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| 1941 |
Illinois |
Hartley Price |
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| 1942 |
Illinois |
Hartley Price |
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| 1948 |
Penn State |
Gene Wettstone |
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| 1949 |
Temple |
Max Younger |
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| 1950 |
Illinois |
Charley Pond |
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| 1951 |
Florida State |
Hartley Price |
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| 1952 |
Florida State |
Hartley Price |
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| 1953 |
Penn State |
Gene Wettstone |
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| 1954 |
Penn State |
Gene Wettstone |
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| 1955 |
Illinois |
Charley Pond |
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| 1956 |
Illinois |
Charley Pond |
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| 1957 |
Penn State |
Gene Wettstone |
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| 1958 |
Michigan State |
George Szypula |
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| TIE |
Illinois |
Charley Pond |
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| 1959 |
Penn State |
Gene Wettstone |
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| 1960 |
Penn State |
Gene Wettstone |
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| 1961 |
Penn State |
Gene Wettstone |
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| 1962 |
USC |
John Beckner |
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| 1963 |
Michigan |
Newton Loken |
| 1964 |
Southern Illinois |
Bill Meade |
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| 1965 |
Penn State |
Gene Wettstone |
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| 1966 |
Southern Illinois |
Bill Meade |
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| 1967 |
Southern Illinois |
Bill Meade |
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| 1968 |
California |
Hal Frey |
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| 1969 |
Iowa |
Mike Jacobson |
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| 1970 |
Michigan |
Newton Loken |
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| 1971 |
Iowa State |
Ed Gagnier |
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| 1972 |
Southern Illinois |
Bill Meade |
| 1973 |
Iowa State |
Ed Gagnier |
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| 1974 |
Iowa State |
Ed Gagnier |
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| 1975 |
California |
Hal Frey |
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| 1976 |
Penn State |
Gene Wettstone |
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| 1977 |
Indiana State |
Roger Counsil |
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| TIE |
Oklahoma |
Paul Ziert |
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| 1978 |
Oklahoma |
Paul Ziert |
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| 1979 |
Nebraska |
Francis Allen |
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| 1980 |
Nebraska |
Francis Allen |
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| 1981 |
Nebraska |
Francis Allen |
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| 1982 |
Nebraska |
Francis Allen |
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| 1983 |
Nebraska |
Francis Allen |
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| 1984 |
UCLA |
Art Shurlock |
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| 1985 |
Ohio State |
Michael Willson |
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| 1986 |
Arizona State |
Don Robinson |
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| 1987 |
UCLA |
Art Shurlock |
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| 1988 |
Nebraska |
Francis Allen |
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| 1989 |
Illinois |
Yoshi Hayasaki |
| 1990 |
Nebraska |
Francis Allen |
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| 1991 |
Oklahoma |
Greg Buwick |
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| 1992 |
Stanford |
Sadao Hamada |
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| 1993 |
Stanford |
Sadao Hamada |
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| 1994 |
Nebraska |
Francis Allen |
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| 1995 |
Stanford |
Sadao Hamada |
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| 1996 |
Ohio State |
Peter Kormann |
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| 1997 |
California |
Barry Weiner |
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| 1998 |
California |
Barry Weiner |
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| 1999 |
Michigan |
Kurt Golder |
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| 2000 |
Penn State |
Randy Jepson |
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| 2001 |
Ohio State |
Miles Avery |
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| 2002 |
Oklahoma |
Mark Williams |
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| 2003 |
Oklahoma |
Mark Williams |
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| 2004 |
Penn State |
Randy Jepson |
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| 2005 |
Oklahoma |
Mark Williams |
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| 2006 |
Oklahoma |
Mark Williams |
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| 2007 |
Penn State |
Randy Jepson |
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| 2008 |
Oklahoma |
Mark Williams |
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| 2009 |
Stanford |
Thomas Glielmi |
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| 2010 |
Michigan |
Kurt Golder |
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